Yep..I'm on a mainframe right now :) I've written a program to emulate me:
./long-ass-messedup-wrapping-emails.py Check out my apachestuff Github it's in there.. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Chief Architect Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398) NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 168-519, Mailstop: 168-527 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> Reply-To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:02 PM To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: 76 character widths for board reports? >On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Alan D. Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> >wrote: >> Is this really necessary? > >The Board minutes, which include all reports, are formatted as plain text >every month. If the reports aren't formatted by the time the Board gets >them, >then the Board members have to clean them up. Brett and Sam spend a >bunch of >time every month on this stuff. > >The following quote is taken from one of the reminder emails which get >sent >out each month: > > Cutting and pasting directly from a Wiki is not acceptable due to > formatting issues. Line lengths should be limited to 77 characters. > >(; Does a 77 character allotment instead of 76 make things ok? ;) > >If we ever get to the point where Incubator reports are submitted via web >form, I hope to contribute some code which performs word wrapping and >indenting automatically so that the Report Manager doesn't have to worry >over >this. It'll be tricky though because people use different bullet >styles... I >dunno, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. > >> Speaking as one who actually coded on punched cards on an octal based >> computer, I feel indignant that you young whippersnappers don't >>appreciate >> the hard won freedoms us older coders have brought to the younger >> generations. > >I think NASA makes Mattmann use one of those for his email. > >Marvin Humphrey > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
